Three foreign nationals arrested, drugs seized
The Hindu
Police unearth multiple narcotic rings in city
The city police arrested a foreign national from Ivory Coast who was allegedly peddling drugs and recovered 2.5 kg of MDMA crystals worth approximately ₹2.5 crore. He had stored the crystals in empty champagne bottles.
Acting on a tip-off, the Govindapura police intercepted the peddler while he was trying to sell MDMA crystals in his car on a service road at HBR Layout. “We arrested him and recovered drugs,” the police said.
Preliminary investigations have revealed he was sourcing the narcotics from a supplier in Goa. According to the police, he smuggled them to the city by road using empty champagne bottles to hide them. He was not able to produce any valid passport or visa documents.
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